UEFA investigators looking into match-fixing by an Albanian club have received anonymous death threats.

The European governing body said UEFA disciplinary inspectors working on the case against KF Skenderbeu had received threats "presumably intended to intimidate them and stop them from carrying out their work."

"These threats will not succeed and the police have also been informed," UEFA said in a statement.

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said: "We will never allow UEFA staff working on these...

The president of Albanian club Skenderbeu is "baffled" by the news that UEFA may impose a further ban after already enduring a season-long exclusion from Europe.

Emilio Garcia, the head of UEFA's disciplinary and integrity unit, on Wednesday said at a panel session on match-fixing at the International Sports Convention that "the UEFA disciplinary bodies are considering real disciplinary measures" and that this season's exclusion was a "preliminary ban."

TIRANA, Albania -- Albanian league champion KF Skenderbeu say the have been banned from UEFA competitions for a year for match-fixing.

In a statement on Monday on their website, the club which won the league title for the sixth straight time this year said UEFA "unfairly suspended the Skenderbeu club for one season [2016-2017] from Europe's cups."